Box for patrol-stations.



No. 843,293. v PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

A. A. NEWMAN. 'BOX FOB. PATROL STATIONS.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.19,1906.

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ABRAHAM A. NEWiiLiN,

No. 843,293. fipeeifieaticn of Application filed September 1 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM. A. NEWMAN, l a citizen of the United States, residing l Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Tic-- provenient in Boxes for Patrol-Stations, of

useful improvements in oxes for patrol-stations, and is fully described and set forth in the annexed specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top plan of my improved box. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation. Fig. 4 is an end elevation. Fig. 5 is a section in the line 5 5 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow, and Fig. 6 is a section in the line 6 6 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that my improved device consists of two portions, a box portion A and a cover B, tie cover being pivotally secured to the upper rear corner of the box portion by nieans of a pintle C. The box portion A is made in the form roughly approximating a quadrant of a cylinder and is provided with a base ii, a back A and quadrant-shaped end plates If, all of said parts being preferably made in a single casting. The back of the box is pro vided with two longitudinally projecting ribs a, perforated to receive screws by which the box is secured to a wall or other support. It is also provided with a projecting boss a, having a central perforation tending entirely through the back wall of the box and a much larger chamber a at the back. In the use of patrol-stations it has heretofore been customary to pass a suitable wire loop or the like through the back of the box and to seal the rear of this loop to prevent the chain, with the key attached thereto, from being bodily rei ioved from the It has, however, been possible to reach and break the seals, and to prevent this I provide my improved the chamber a of which receives the seal, so that when-the box is secured to the wall the seal is entirely inaccessible from above or be- It will be seen that the bottom A of the box ortion terminates at its forward end behind the front The cover B overhangs downward movement is limited by engagejedge of the l which the following is a specification. 1

of, Fig. 6, exl l l 1, l LOX. j l l patrol-box with this boss a, j

corners of the end plates M. l the end plates, and its j netters Patent. Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

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i ent therewith, so that when the cover is closed there is a considerable space between its lower or forward edge and the forward bottom of the box portion. *5. nen, as oceasienallv happens, a watchman fails to replace a key in the patrol-box, but

leaves it hanging on the chain, the fall of the My invention relates to certain new and over will not mutilate the chain, as has often happened in the use of other boxes where a tight ht between the bottom and the cover of the box is secured. T o secure the same results upon the sides of the box, I j form the cover with a considerably greater curvature than the curves of the upward and forward edges of the end plates of the box portion, so that a considerable space exists between the major portion of these on plates and the box-cover; and I also make the cover of greater length than the box, so that the end flanges Z), which are provided at l the end of the cover,will not strike and muti- 1 late the chain.

I also provide the bottom or the box portion with a longitudinally-extending slot o which permits all dirt and moisture to pass out.

By the various features set forth I secure a box wnich protects the key perfectly from moisture and the effects of the weather and at the same time possesses the advantages above ou.lined, which make it superior to tl16 boxes which have heretofore accomplished the SLl110 general purpose.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in tne details of this construction without departing from the spirit of my inveniion. Therefore I do not limit myself to the specific form herein shown and described.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Lett ers Patent- 1. The combination with a box adapted o be attached to a wall, of a boss projecting re arwardly therefrom and adapted to receive a seat, the rear wall of the box being perforated within the hollow of said boss.

2. A patrol-box having on its rear face rearwardlyprojacting ribs and a boss of sub stantially the tl 'ekness of said ribs, the rear wall of the box being perforated in line with l the boss.

l The combination with a box portion, of a cover portion pivotally secured thereto, and means for preventing the complete clo sure of the cover whereby a space is provided in which a key-attaching device may lie without injury from said cover.

I lates, said cover being provided the end portions, in advance of I with flanges which lie well outside the end the edge of the bottom portion plates to provide a passage around the same. space is provided in which a key-attaching The combination with a box having a device may lie without injury. rear plate, a bottom plate, and two quad- 5. The combination with a box having a rant-shaped end plates which extend beyond bottom portion and end portions in the form the forward edge of the bottom, of a cover of quadrants which extend beyond said bottom, oi a cover pivotally secured to the box portion and adapted to swing down and be engaged by said end portions whereby a space is provided between the cover and the forward edge of the bottom.

of the edges of the end plates and the same, said cover being of than the box and being provided with inwardly-extending flanges which lie well outside the edges of the end plates.

6. The combination with a box portion 1 In witness whereof I have signed the having a bottom and end plates in the form 1 above application for Letters Patent, at Chioi quadrants, of a cover overlying the end cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illioverlying great er length plates and having a greater curvature than nois, this 17th day of September, A. D. 1906. the curvature of the edges of said plates. ABRAHAM A. N ElVMAN.

7. The combination with a box portion; lVitnesses: having a bottom and end plates in the form I L. HEIsLAR, of quadrants, of a cover adapted to overlie J. H. LANDER.

having a greater curvature than the curves 0 

